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"The Scholarship of a Sagacious Specimen"

The scene - a
local woodcraft show with carvings on display.She's a carver, so am I. I'd
see what she had to say.I'd play a role, critique her work, receive her
gratitude.But, her response to my advise? - a different attitude.

I
started to introduce myself with no thought of restraint.She cut me short,
said, "Hold it dude, I'll tell you who you ain't.Those human figures that
you carved- realism was your claim,Well there's no doubt about it, Fred
Coglow's not your name.

Your little wildlife piece of what-ever-it-is in
a treeLeads to the conclusion, you're no kin to Desiree."At caricature
carvings I thought good, she struck a painful blowAnd her evaluation really
got me feel Enlow.

"That little figure over there sure ain't a Maxwell
clown.It seems to me you're just a Wolfe, but not one of renown."She
said of my chip carvings, "To Wayne Barton you're no threat."And, "To be a
legend like Tangerman you may as well forget."

Well, I never got to say
my name- I knew that I'd been broke'Cause when it came to quality, she knew
of what she spoke.And I felt when it was over I'd been beat with verbal
batsGuess I'd better practice more on "Chip", and forget about the
"Chats".

Feel free to share this if you'd like but please
let be known that it's from the pen ofOl' Don

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Ms. Lisa Johnstone
For setting up and maintaining this site,
from the very start up to
January 2001